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Unread 13-01-2010, 23:08
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Re: ELEVATED but not hanging?

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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli View Post
Another interesting way to think about suspended is this:

Let's say robot 1 is elevated such that the bottom of the robot is at 24" by doing a pull-up on one of the horizontal bars on the tower. It now "sticks out its tongue (made of LEXAN, of course) and lays on the platform. If it stays within the 85 inches and another robot drives on the platform and is only on the LEXAN, then that robot is SUSPENDED and worth 3 points. The totla for that maneuver is 5 points.
On the other hand, if one of your wires hangs down under the platform, you get no points. Just sayin'
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